The job's done. The paperwork's still in the truck.
That log above is what we build: custom field service management software for small service businesses — dispatch, scheduling, work orders, and invoicing in one system, with a tech app that runs on the phones your crew already carries and keeps working in dead zones. No per-tech fee, ever, because you own it.
Every tech you hire, your software hires too.
Per-tech pricing is a second payroll — paid monthly, raised yearly, and it never turns a wrench. Here are the pay stubs.
RATE: $35 / MO / TECH
PLAN: MAX $299/MO (8 USERS) 5 YRS, PER TECH: $2,100
RATE: $46–65 / MO / SEAT
OVERTIME: PHONE ~$100/MO + AI ANSWERING $200/MO 5 YRS, PER TECH: $2,800–3,900
RATE: $105 / MO / USER
PLUS: IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER 5 YRS, PER TECH: $6,300
RATE: $0 / MO / TECH — FOREVER
HOSTING: ≈ $25/MO, WHOLE COMPANY 5 YRS, PER TECH: $0
CREW OF 8, FIVE YEARS: $15,000–$32,000 ON MAINSTREAM TIERS, BEFORE CARD FEES AND PRICE HIKES. SERVICETITAN, QUOTE-ONLY AT A REPORTED $245–$500 PER TECH + $5K–$50K ONBOARDING, RUNS $122,000–$241,000 — AND HIRING TECH #9 RAISES IT AGAIN. A CUSTOM BUILD IS ONE NUMBER, ONCE — FROM $9,000 →
One job, start to paid — nothing retyped.
Jobs land from your website — a custom booking flow if you want one — with the address mapped and the problem described.
The board shows every crew's day; drag a job and the tech's phone knows. Customer gets the on-my-way text automatically.
Photos, notes, checklists, parts off the truck's own stock — all captured in a basement with no bars, synced when signal returns.
Options priced from your book, signed on the phone, logged against the customer's history — the CRM half of the same build.
Invoice from the work order, payment in the truck, QuickBooks synced before the van door shuts. No Friday paperwork pile.
Asked from the passenger seat.
What does custom field service management software cost?
Single-crew systems typically land $9,000–$25,000, fixed — the dev shops ranking for this query publish $40,000–$250,000 and quote 4–9 months, and the SaaS route costs a crew of eight $15,000–$32,000 every five years on mainstream tiers (ServiceTitan: $122,000+). Your exact number arrives in writing within 24 hours.
We're on Housecall Pro / Jobber now. Can you move our history?
Yes, included — customers, job history, price book, and recurring schedules come over with their dates intact, and the old tool stays live in parallel until you sign off. Paper tickets? We've typed in worse.
Isn't ServiceTitan the serious choice?
For a 50-truck operation, honestly, maybe. At 3–15 trucks you'd be paying enterprise rent — a reported $245–$500 per tech, per month, quote-only, plus $5K–$50K onboarding — for modules you'll never open. A custom build covers what your crew actually does, and the price has a period at the end.
Do the techs need new devices or an app store?
No — it runs on the iPhones and Androids already in the trucks, installs from a link (no app store account wrangling), and works offline in basements, crawl spaces, and county roads.
Does it work with QuickBooks?
Two-way: invoices and payments flow in, customers and items stay matched, and nothing gets typed twice. Your accountant keeps QuickBooks; your crew never has to see it.
How long until the trucks run on it?
Six to ten weeks for a single-crew build: dispatch board and tech app first, then invoicing and QuickBooks, then the extras — your team is using it while the rest lands. Thirty days of fixes are in the contract.
One brief. One number. In writing.
WE READ (FREE) → WE PRICE (24H, IN WRITING) → YOU DECIDE.
NO FOLLOW-UP SEQUENCE. NO SALES CALL UNLESS YOU ASK FOR ONE.